Summary: Hiligaynon is an Austro-nesian language spoken in
the Western Visayas region of the Philippines and is concentrated in
the provinces of Iloilo, Negros Occidental and Capiz but is also spoken
in the other provinces of the Panay Island group, including Antique,
Aklan, Guimaras, and in many parts of Mindanao including Koronadal City,
South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and parts of North Cotabato.

It is spoken as a second language by Karay-a speakers in Antique,
Aklanon and Malaynon in Aklan, and Capiznon in Capiz.

There are approximately 7,000,000 people in and outside the Philippines
who are native speakers of Hiligaynon, and an additional 4,000,000 who
are capable of speaking it with a substantial degree of proficiency.